INDIA

Looking to take a strong stake in India's growth in coming years, Japan's SoftBank will invest $10 billion in local Internet-based opportunities.

With its $627 million investment in Snapdeal, Japan's SoftBank is set to make a strong foray into India's online shopping business.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with officials of the Tata group during a two-day trip to India.

Xiaomi, whose phones have been extremely well received in online sales in India, is reportedly seeking to resolve alleged security concerns.

Tibet's spiritual leader visited the Birmingham, Alabama Church where Martin Luther King launched rallies for African American freedom.

Walmart, looking to revive its investments to expand in India, has named a company veteran as chief operations officer in the country.

A 3-year-old was raped by her teacher inside a school in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, making it the third such incident in four months.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank reflects China’s desire to counter the perceived hegemony of international lenders dominated by the West.

In September, al Qaeda announced the formation of a South Asia wing to “raise the flag of jihad” on the subcontinent.

To better address privacy concerns, fast-growing Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi will move international user data out of its Beijing servers.

Twitter users made "Diwali in India" a top-trending topic after Snapchat created a story about it.

Wattpad, the free story-sharing site, helped earn first-time writer Anna Todd a six-figure book deal.

Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, will be celebrated on Oct. 23.

India had rejected a study by the World Health Organization in May that found New Delhi to be the most polluted city in the world.

India has been on high alert since the World Health Organization declared Ebola an international health emergency in August.

Cleaning up India's grubby business climate is top of the agenda for both regulators and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Xiaomi may want to manufacture in India, but the country's all-but-absent electronics manufacturing ecosystem will be a big obstacle.

They're banned by half the world, but both Ukraine and separatists, to a less degree, used the indiscriminately destructive weapons.

The Make in India campaign, launched by Modi on Sept. 25, aims to turn India into a global manufacturing hub.

The factory was reportedly involved in manufacturing the fireworks without the appropriate permits.

Apple's mobile wallet opens on Monday at a reported 220,000 stores in the U.S. Can the company achieve what others have failed to?